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Fly ID Request - Leucophora
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Fly ID Request - Leucophora
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
April 9, 2009
Observed perched at the entrance of an Andrena nest.

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Contributed by Thomas of Baltimore City on 9 April, 2009 - 5:51pm
Last updated 12 April, 2009 - 6:34pm

Leucophora
The species of this genus are kleptoparasites of aculeate Hymenoptera.
… Matthias Buck, 12 April, 2009 - 6:33pm

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